Originally Posted by
essxjay
You have a very active imagination.
Having put far longer than a second of thought into the matter, it occurs to me that the ounce of prevention adage is rather applicable here. Can't speak for the very FFers here, but the additional 30-45 seconds my c/p routine requires is rather inconsequential in light of potential headaches should my most valuable possessions go temporarily or permanently MIA.
Exactly. ANd given that I caught someone trying to steal my laptop at a checkpoint one day, and given that I have a colleague that had something stolen at a checkpoint. And then there was the story(s) of the person who had jewelry (and watch?) stolen out of a bin.
Safe rather than sorry.
Originally Posted by
star_world
Yes, I am genuinely shocked that anyone who travels regularly and has a reasonable level of situational awareness would ever consider that these extra steps were worthwhile.
I honestly don't believe that theft by TSOs or other passengers is a significant enough issue to warrant doing anything other than dropping a wallet (or watch, etc) into a zipped pocket.
But everyone's entitled to take whatever preventative steps they want - of course
You can continue your belief if you wish. Given the greater and greater amount of separation that TSA places between people and their posessions, the more likely stuff is going to happen.
But for you to be condescending to folks here for taking a few prudent steps to protect their belongings is out of line.